Introducing Barcelona Coaster and More

The Columbus trade show is winding down a bit, which means painted canvas designers are starting to post designs on their websites.  Traditionally, designers kept their designs out of sight until the shops who went to the trade show got to see them, and although with blogging and Facebook that tradition is starting to disappear, many designers stick with this procedure.


Ruth Schmuff has introduced several new fairies to her Tis The Season line.  She also has added a pair of sisters/friends designs.  All come in two sizes so you can pick the larger or smaller depending on your time constraints and how you want to finish the designs.  You can see the newest items at the top of this page.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/products.php?catid=17&firstcid=17

Robin King has reported in on the Sunday doings in Columbus.  She promises more photographs once she gets home and has computer access.  Blogging via smart phone isn't as convenient as using your trusty home computer and good Internet connection!
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2012/06/tnnacolumbus-day-two.html

Amy Bunger's added more new items to her website straight from Columbus.
http://www.amybunger.com/market_items.html

Needle Works has added a new summary page to their blog about all the market goodies, including Sandy Arthur's new NP Shapes book.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2012/06/how-exciting-is-this.html

She has also added a few new photos to the Amy's Golden Strand Facebook photo album from the show.  Chaparral Needlework has also added more new photos on their FB page. If you have a Facebook account, search on the names exactly as I wrote them to find the site.

As promised, I've updated the CH Stitch Guides blog with a photo of my latest Leigh Designs project, the small size of Barcelona from the ESPANA series.  Now you can see just how good a job I did emphasizing the various areas in this rather abstract design without making any one area too prominent.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/2012/06/introducing-barcelona.html

Leigh has updated her website with photos of all the new small sizes of the ESPANA series and also has posted photographs of her latest Fash Insert pieces, created to fit into the Lee eBook reader covers.  The links to each section are on her home page.  The eBook covers have a great small dragon, a Chinese lady in all her finery, an homage to Edgar Allen Poe and more.  Hint:  If you sail, are from Texas or love the little church in the dale, you need to visit these.
http://www.LeighDesigns.com/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com